The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-22
y PRoPhR AND THE COTTON FACTORY

| EouR PRoPhR AND THE COTTON FACTORY.
Il kvsry nsw industry introduced Or established
Hfa pmmyni,y opens the wsy fur other new
|shtssarissG II brings new people, creates new
&ssts.e tlaSds. and infuses n moro liberal
and progressive spirit among all elnsses. One
great reason why Union is so slow 10 move in
\ sny now direction for increasing her business
| 10, her citizens have become 30 Saccustopued TO
| old business ways and habits that IL Is like
trying to change their nature 10 ask them to
leave the old beaten road they are Travelling
and their ancestors did before them. But when
| they Go move, they advance rapidly. surely
and safely. They arc only like tile citizens OF
other, old cemmuuitiss-thcy merely want
starting out Of the old rut.
Aud Union has started upward, and. .her citi.
Gems havo put their shoulders to The Wheel de-
termined 10 pull her out Of the miro In which
she Is stalled and place her fairly and firmly
upon the broad road Of progress and prosper.
ity. They will allow Of no step backward
aud balky horses, who sullsnly back their ears
and refuse to pull with the rest, willhs kicked
aside.
They have determined. In the frst place, 10
build d Cotton Factory, through which the
population OF tho town will be increased n,
lesst 1000. This increase of population will
require 50 much increase Of food, clothing and
other necessaries Of life. The means for buy.
ing these will be earn ed in tho factorv. and
paid in cash, weekly or monthly. 70 be dis.
tributsd Among all classes Of our inapstriou,
working citizens, all the year round-durin,
fha dnll he IA
winter months. It will be q steady stream Of
money flowing into every person pocket who
win do something to earn It. ''l1 sa,
Increased School facilities and r,ere (. rm
products will be needed. There will be more
Workfor meohanios Of every kind. and more
machinery will be nesded., In fact, the bust
ness Of, every vocation and calling would be nj
most doubled. '''' . '.'''' - ''ip D.
But thst Is not ALL new and progressive
ideas would spring from the new life tho Fac.
tory would. give to our psopie. mil new enter.
iprbeswo spring up, and, flourish among Vi.
Such has been the experience of evsry com.
nuaity where q Cotton Factory has been es
tablished, and there is no reason why such good
may not result from one here. t. r'bl
Truly ours ~ y favored location for ,uch an
sntsrpriss. j. Ws eandidly believe thatthe town
Of Union is tho hsalthisst spot in this State
and to verify this bold assertion We challen &c
| any other town to compare its sanitary condi
tionswith it. for twenty-five years past. From
our experience this climate is fatal to diseases
Of nearly every kind. The ordinary diseas o,
Of childhood however viruleut in other locali
ties, become the mildsst type and are easily
controlled when they reach here, while typhoid
and other malignant fsvers arc not only re-
narkably rare, but seldom protraoted or prove
fatal. We have nothing to create or foster
diSoassf' The town Is naturally the bss
draiaed of rasy we ever saw; tho water is a.
pure as that from tho mountain springs, while
our climate is dry, pare and brasing-the ther
| nomsisrf inssriably standing from, 80 10 IS
lower in tho Summer and that much higher Fin
the winter than Ia Columbia y.